Archaeological Dialogues

26/04/2025

New issue of Archaeological Dialogues Volume 30, issue 2 has been published.

Cambridge Core - Archaeological Dialogues - Volume 30 - Issue 2

14/05/2021

Open Access discussion article from Archaeological Dialogues: "Is archaeology conceivable within the degrowth movement?" by Nicolas Zorzin, and responses from Gabriel Moshenska, LouAnn Wurst, James Flexner, and Sadie Watson. Is this a possible avenue for resisting archaeological work in service of neoliberalism?

Is archaeology conceivable within the degrowth movement? - Volume 28 Issue 1

17/11/2020

The latest issue of Archaeological Dialogues (27.2) is out. We have a rigorous discussion article by Monica Stobiecka on "Archaeological heritage in the age of digital colonialism" addressing the reconstructions of the Syrian Palmyra Arch, which was destroyed by ISIS. Respondents to the discussion piece are Lynn Meskell and Trinidad Rico. We also have an excellent article by James Flexner on degrowth, a major topic in archaeological debates these days. We continue to publish on degrowth. Eloise Govier has written a reaction on environmental determinism and 'locating the crux of the matter". Authors Cooper, Garrow, and Gibson contribute with a substantial piece on depositional practice in later prehistoric Britain! Enjoy!

Archaeological Dialogues

07/06/2019

New issue of Archaeological Dialogues is out, with very exciting contributions. Discussion article on environmental determinism by Arponen et al., an amazing interview with Alain Schnapp by Yannis Hamilakis and Felipe Rojas, forceful reactions by Artur Ribeiro and Nick Rauh and an engaging provocation by Eloise Govier. Archaeological Dialogues continues to provoke the archaeological world.

Cambridge Core - Archaeological Dialogues - Volume 26 - Issue 1

15/06/2018

Archaeological Dialogues is organizing a session on landscape archaeology and the Anthropocene at TAG DEVA (University of Chester) in 17-19 December 2018. Please consider sending an abstract. Deadline for abstracts is September 1.

Debate Session Session Organizers: Liv Nilsson Stutz; Eva Mol; Ömür Harmansah Email: [email protected] Abstract: This session invites contributions from archaeologists and historians of landscape to ref…

27/01/2018

We are happy to announce the publication of a new and very interesting issue of Archaeological Dialogues

Ian Hodder and Gavin Lucas contribute with a discussion piece entitled: "The Symmetries and Asymmetries of human-thing relations", with comments by John Barrett, Stephen Mrozowski, Uzma Rizvi, and Konrad A. Antczak.

We have three outstanding articles:
- "The rock and the hunter. The significance of rocks and boulders in rock art production in the western Himalayas,"
by Lars Reinholt Aas
- "Climate change? Archaeology and Anthropocene," by
Þóra Pétursdóttir
- "Social geographies, the practice of marronage and the archaeology of absence in colonial Mexico," by Adela Amaral (see attached figure)

And last, but not least, Valentine Roux responds to the Gosselain's "To Hell With Ethnoarchaeology" (a provocation): Not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. A response to Gosselain's article

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/archaeological-dialogues/latest-issue

13/12/2017

Archaeological Dialogues was one of the journals represented at the Nordic Graduate School workshop at the Norwegian Institute in Rome at the end of November, on how to write a successful journal article organized by Prof. Kristian Kristiansen. Together with Robin Skeates (European Journal of Archaeology) and Rob Witcher (Antiquity), Liv N Stutz (representing AD) explored and discussed the promising writing of graduate students from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Russia, and Lithuania. It was an honor to work with such excellent peer journals, inspiring colleagues, and wonderful students!

12/12/2017

New issue of Archaeological Dialogues!

This issue includes a discussion article by Ian Hodder and Gavin Lucas entitled "The symmetries and asymmetries of human–thing relations. A dialogue" with comments by John Barrett, Stephen Mrozowski, Uzma Rizvi, and Konrad Antczak.

In addition we offer three articles:

"The rock and the hunter. The significance of rocks and boulders in rock art production in the western Himalayas" by Lars Reinholt Aas

"Climate change? Archaeology and Anthropocene" by Þóra Pétursdóttir

"Social geographies, the practice of marronage and the archaeology of absence in colonial Mexico" by Adela Amaral.

And finally a Response to our most controversial Provocation to date ("To Hell with Ethnoarchaeology" by Olivier Gosselain) by Valentine Roux entitled "Not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. A response to Gosselain's article".

Enjoy!!

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/archaeological-dialogues/latest-issue

Archaeological Dialogues is a leading journals for debating innovative issues in archaeology. Firmly rooted in European archaeology, it now serves the international academic community discussing the theories and practices of archaeology.

12/12/2017

Greetings from the editorial board meeting in Kiel!
From the left: Jo Bruck, Audrey Horning, Martin Furholt, Eva Mol, and Ömur Harmansah. Behind the camera: Liv Nilsson Stutz.

03/06/2017

The latest issue of Archaeological Dialogues (24/1-June 2017) is out, with many exciting contributions. It features an engaging discussion article by Kerstin P. Hofmann and Philipp W. Stockhammer "Beyond antiquarianism. A review of current theoretical issues in German-speaking prehistoric archaeology" and responses by Ulrich Veit, Thomas Meier, Reinhard Bernbeck, and Kristian Kristiansen!!! Also featured is an article by Julie Lund entitled "Connectedness with things. Animated objects of Viking Age Scandinavia and early medieval Europe" and a reaction by Torill Christine Lindstrøm, entitled "Agency. A response to Sørensen and Ribeiro". Archaeological Dialogues remains at the center of hard core, innovative debates in archaeological theory and criticism at a global scale.

Latest issue of Archaeological Dialogues

15/04/2017

New Archaeological Dialogues blog entry: The ancient history and heritage of the Mosul region; an A-Z Part I by Eleanor Robson (14 April 2017)

"Over the past few months, the Iraqi armed forces and their allies have freed substantial areas of northern Iraq from ISIS/Da’esh, liberating many hundreds of thousands of people from the terrorists’ control. The focus of their efforts is Mosul, a city which has been inhabited for around five thousand years. East of the river Tigris the landscape is dominated by the walls and palaces of Nineveh, capital of the great Assyrian empire in the 7th century BCE. On the west bank, the medieval city of the Zangid dynasty (1127–1259 CE) is densely packed with synagogues, churches, mosques, and other important heritage buildings. Monasteries, Yezidi shrines, and important archaeological sites also scattered through the surrounding towns and countryside. "

The ancient history and heritage of the Mosul region: an A–Z, Part I, Iraq Journal